Although women dominate the cover and the pages of TV Week, their representation at the Logies is noticeably smaller.

The Gold Logie has only been awarded to a woman 23 times since its creation in 1960, and only two women have been admitted into the Logie Hall of Fame since its inception in 1984.

In fact, the second woman to be admitted into the Logie Hall of Fame, Noni Hazelhurst, only received the honour last year.

The absence of women in the nominees is surprising when you look at how many women are in leading roles in some of our best homegrown drama and comedy series including Wentworth, The Kettering Incident, A Place To Call Home, Secret City, Rosehaven, Upper Middle Bogan and Offspring.

All of these shows are up for awards in other categories, but their leading ladies including Anna Torv, Danielle Cormack, Elizabeth Debicki and Celia Pacquola are noticeably absent from the Gold Logie nominees.